From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Mar 01 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!inet.d48.lilly.com!mcvax4.d48.lilly.com!rm86670 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Info on ISHAM ? Message-ID: <1994Mar2.154320.1@mcvax4.d48.lilly.com> From: rm86670@mcvax4.d48.lilly.com Date: 2 Mar 94 15:43:20 EST References: Distribution: world Nntp-Posting-Host: mcvax4.d48.lilly.com Lines: 27 In article , herro001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Michael J Herron-1) writes: > I am looking for information on ISHAM. I think it stads for the > International Society of Human and Animal Mycology. We have been working > with the immunology of Candida infection and would like to more about this > Society. > > herro001@staff.tc.umn.edu > Mike Herron > Mike, ISHAM does mean Int'l Society of Human and Animal Mycology as you thought. The outgoing General-Secretary is Michael G. Rinaldi, PhD, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78284-7750, USA. Telephone is (1)210-567-4132. I can't remember who the new Gen. Secretary is, but I'm sure that if you write or call Mike Rinaldi, he can give you information regarding ISHAM or direct you to the new Secretary. Another post referred to the ISHAM meeting being held this month in Australia. Our next meeting will be in 1997 in Italy. -- Michael A. Turik, MD Preferred e-mail address: miindy@aol.com ________________My opinions are my own (of course)____________________________ From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Mar 03 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!IASTATE.EDU!cbronson From: cbronson@IASTATE.EDU (Charlotte R Bronson) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Stop Subscription Date: 4 Mar 1994 18:51:08 -0000 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 3 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <9403041851.AA29349@vincent1.iastate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Please stop my subscription. C. Bronson From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Mar 03 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: PAPAGEORGIOU GEORGIOS Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: INVITATION TO GREEK BIOSCIENTISTS Date: 4 Mar 1994 06:16:31 -0000 Lines: 45 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2l6jnv$9nf@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-Char-Esc: 29 X-Charset: ELOT_928 Original-To: mycology@dl.ac.uk * * * * INVITATION TO GREEK BIOLOGICAL SCIENTISTS * * * * The Institute of Biology of the National Research Center Demokritos in Athens, Greece, is interested in compiling a list of Greek research scientists working in diverse fields of life sciences who might be interested in future staff openings at the Institute. The information will be used to formulate the expansion policy of the Institute. Please send brief memo including name, addresses (postal mail, e-mail, telefax, telephone), present affiliation and research area. A list of publications will be helpful. A rough sketch of research areas in the Institute of Biology includes, but it is not limited to, the following: BASIC BIOSCIENCE Mammalian gene expression; cytokines and oncogenes; human serum growth factors; cell regulation mechanisms; opioid peptides and receptors; transmembrane signals; lectines; photosynthesis (function, regulation, biogenesis); developmental theoretical biology. APPLIED BIOSCIENCE Environmental genotoxicity; radiation induced mutations; primary sea productivity and phytoplanckton; chemical communication of insects (feromones); management of insect populations; insect ecophysiology; insect nutrition; soil microbiology; uptake of radioactive nuclides by plants. Please disseminate this information to other interested scientists you may know. Thank you. Contact person: Dr. George C. Papageorgiou, Director NRC Demokritos, Institute of Biology Athens, Greece 153 10 _______________________________ Telefax : (301) 651 1767 Telephone : (301) 652 2018 E-mail: gcpap@cyclades.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr _______________________________  From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Mar 05 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!128.194.15.2!leland From: leland@straylight.tamu.edu (Leland Ellis) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: AGsDB, A Genus species DataBase Date: 06 Mar 1994 03:25:54 GMT Organization: W.M. Keck Center for Genome Informatics, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston Lines: 94 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: straylight.tamu.edu WWW-AGsDB WWW-ACeDB Server for "A Genus species DataBase" available on the WWW Server of the W.M. Keck Center for Genome Informatics at the Institute Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston URL: http://keck.tamu.edu/ibt.html WWW-AGsDB is a WWW interface to the data contained in AGsDB-1.0, which is implemented in ACeDB-3.0, the latest (and still beta) version of Richard Durbin and Jean Thierry-Mieg's ACeDB. AGsDB is a prototype for a multi-species database, with datatypes useful in the study of species of agricultural and biomedical interest, as well as model organisms. The interface utilizes the ACeDB Server software (nph-acedb3) developed by Guy Decoux (decoux@moulon.inra.fr), and modified versions of the models and tags of the human C21 database of Otto Ritter and co. The modifications provide for queries between interacting Loci, and between species via Homologs. Data from several species can be found in AGsDB: filamentous fungi (Aspergillus nidulans, Neurospora crassa), cows (with the corresponding anchor loci for humans) and cotton (examples as demo). Recently, we have begun to enter data for the Cell Cycle, which brings in Homlogs between Aspergillus and both budding (C. cerevisiae) and fission (S. pombe) yeast. The WWW-AGsDB server should be regarded as an experimental prototype. We do find it useful, but the data models are still being experimented with, and new data is always being added. Finally, the db is nowhere near comprehensive in the data included, but is illustrative of the datatypes that we routinely use in the study of these organisms. Futher development of both of the previously announced WWW-DataBases, WWW-AAnDB (for Aspergillus nidulans) and WWW-ABtDB (for cows), is now being continued in AGsDB (WWW-AAnDB and WWW-ABtDB have been phased out, but the data therein is now in AGsDB). The WWW-AGsDB server is accessible via the WWW Server of Keck-IBT. This URL http://keck.tamu.edu/ibt.html will take you to the Keck-IBT HomePage -- clicking on the Keck-IBT logo takes you to our 1st page of information, which has a link to AGsDB. Any feedback is very welcome at: leland@straylight.tamu.edu or jkirk@keck.tamu.edu AGsDB is the work of Leland Ellis, Jeff Kirk, Chris Floyd and Janis Bender at Keck-IBT, with advice on Aspergillus from Tom Adams (Texas A&M) and Greg May (Baylor College of Medicine), Neurospora from Dan Ebbole (Texas A&M), cows from Jim Womack (Texas A&M), cotton from Russ Kohel (Texas A&M) and the Cell Cycle from Greg May (Baylor College of Medicine). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leland Ellis, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics Director, W.M. Keck Center for Genome Informatics Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University 2121 Holcombe Houston, Texas 77030 email: leland@straylight.tamu.edu URL: http://keck.tamu.edu/ibt.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Leland Ellis, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics Director, W.M. Keck Center for Genome Informatics Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University 2121 Holcombe Houston, Texas 77030 email: leland@straylight.tamu.edu URL: http://keck.tamu.edu/ibt.html From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Mar 07 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!umn.edu!news From: brambl@graz.cbs.umn.edu (Robert Brambl) Subject: Source of cyclosporin A Message-ID: Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: graz.cbs.umn.edu Reply-To: brambl@molbio.cbs.umn.edu (Robert Brambl) Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Date: Tue, 8 Mar 1994 21:16:41 GMT Lines: 13 Hello, all: We are attempting to find a source of cyclosporin A and/or FK506 for a study of mitochondrial membrane proteins in Neurospora. ICN sold cyclosporin until recently, but they no longer have it available. It would be helpful to receive either vendor information or the name of the manufacturer. Thanks and best wishes. Robert Brambl University of Minnesota brambl@molbio.cbs.umn.edu From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Mar 07 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!msus1.msus.edu!vax1.mankato.msus.edu!vengeance Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Omaha Project Message-ID: <1994Mar8.085124.2377@vax1.mankato.msus.edu> From: vengeance@vax1.mankato.msus.edu Date: 8 Mar 94 08:51:24 -0500 Organization: Mankato State University Lines: 9 I am trying to build a list of names and E-Mail addresses of people in the Omaha Nebraska area for a school related project. If you live in Omaha or go to school there or know someone that does and will be around for three months or more, please reply via E-Mail to Vengeance@vax1.mankato.msus.edu. Thank you very much! Ryan Krueger From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Mar 07 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!CPHKVX.CPHK.HK!93809626 From: 93809626@CPHKVX.CPHK.HK (LAM FUNG) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Ask for software Date: 8 Mar 1994 05:16:16 -0000 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 10 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <01H9QBDZZAQC8WXQI1@cphkvx.cphk.hk> Reply-To: 93809626@cphkvx.cphk.hk NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Netters, May I know more information about "Zeiss ZIDAS Image Analysis System"? It is because I want to measure the diameter / area of the fungal growth. Is there any other system to do this task? May I have all those information? Please help me!!!! Thanks in advance. Paul Lam Fung City Polytechnic of Hong Kong e-mail address: 93809626@cphkvx.cphk.hk From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Mar 08 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!MOOSE.UVM.EDU!lvaillan From: lvaillan@MOOSE.UVM.EDU (Lisa Vaillancourt) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: more novozyme problems Date: 9 Mar 1994 20:27:59 -0000 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 27 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <9403092028.AA89666@moose.uvm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I hope somebody out there can help, lately we have been having a very hard time making transformable protoplasts of Schizophyllum commune using our normal novozyme protocol. We recently purchased novozyme 234 batch PPM 4356 from Interspex. It worked OK for one of our strains when used at a very low concentration for a shorter period of time than normal, but since then we have not had any luck. It seems that if we use it at a concentation high enough to get protoplasts (between 5 and 10 mgs/ml final concentration) the protoplasts do not transform. However, if we use less (between 0.5 and 5 mgs/ml) the digestion is really poor and we get few or no protoplasts. Our protocol calls for digestion of chopped mycelium in buffered 1M MgCl2 at 30C for about 5 or 6 hours, followed by mixing with an equal volume of water, thus making the concentration 0.5M MgCl2, followed by spinning relatively slowly to pellet the larger pieces of mycelial debris, followed by adding an equal volume of 1M sorbitol and spinning harder to bring down the protoplasts. When we look at the mycelium after digestion with the lower concentrations of novozyme, it still looks mostly intact and there are few free protoplasts, but there are many visible still trapped in what's left of the hyphae. If we use higher concentrations, so that there are more protoplasts, they transform very poorly, though they look fine and usually regenerate well. HELP!! We have been told that this novozyme does better at 37C than at 30, and that it doesn't work well in magnesium..and what is the opinion of the usefulness of including beta mercaptoethanol in the digestion mix?? We are planning to do a troubleshooting experiment, can anyone give us other ideas to try?? We would really appreciate it. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Mar 09 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU!jtaylor From: jtaylor@VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU (john taylor) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Fungal systematist position at U.C., Berkeley Date: 10 Mar 1994 01:06:45 -0000 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 40 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <199403100107.RAA22746@violet.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Mycology net: The UC Berkeley Herbarium and the Department of Plant Biology are searching for a systematic mycologist. The closing date for applications is April 15, 1994. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY FUNGI CURATOR, UNIVERSITY HERBARIUM The University of California at Berkeley seeks an outstanding systematic mycologist with responsibilities as curator of fungi and lichens (Assistant Specialist, 11 months appointment) in the University Herbarium and as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Plant Biology starting on or after July 1, 1994. Applications are invited from individuals whose research interests are in systematics, ecology, and evolutinary biology of free-living and lichenized fungi. The successful candidate will be expected to provide public service in fungal identification, curate and enhance the Herbarium fungal collection, develop an independent research program, and participate in undergraduate and gradulate level instruction in the Department. Applicants must have a Ph.D. Starting salary will be approximately $35,000. A full CV, a statement of current research and future interests, a statement of curatorial and teaching experience, and three letters of reference, should be sent by April 15, 1994 to: Chair, Search Committee, Department of Plant Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. ____________________________________ From: John Taylor Department of Plant Biology 111 Koshland Hall University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 Tel (510) 642-5366 Fax (510) 642-4995 internet jtaylor@violet.berkeley.edu From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Mar 09 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!bcm!usenet From: gsmay@bcm.tmc.edu (Gregory May) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: more novozyme problems Date: 10 Mar 1994 17:59:39 GMT Organization: Baylor College of Medicine Lines: 8 Message-ID: <2lnn6b$ojf@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> References: <9403092028.AA89666@moose.uvm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ai.cellb.bcm.tmc.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN version 0.82 Over the years variation in batches of novozyme has presented some real problems. Some people have found that passing it over a sephadex G-25 column helps. We have used precipitation from ammonium sulfate for some batches. See Osmani et al., 1987 JCB 104, 1495. I hope this helps some. Greg From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Mar 09 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!exec.niaid.pc.niaid.nih.gov!Dennis_M._Dixon From: Dennis_M._Dixon@exec.niaid.pc.niaid.nih.gov ("Dennis M. Dixon") Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: NIH Mycology Workshop/Meeting Date: 10 Mar 1994 21:32:03 -0000 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 122 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2d7f9386@exec.niaid.pc.niaid.nih.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Network Members, Here is an announcement of a meeting that some of you might be interested in attending. If so, I hope to see you there. If you have questions about the meeting or registration, please make your initial inquiries to the University of Arizona Office of Continuing Education at the numbers listed below (under Registration Information). ------------------------ Best wishes, and please read the message below my address. Dennis M. Dixon Bacteriology and Mycology Branch National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: 301-496-7728 FAX: 301-402-2508 Netmail: dmd@exec.niaid.pc.niaid.nih.gov ======================================================================== NIAID Workshop Series in Medical Mycology --- The Second in the Series Molecular and Immunologic Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Systemic Mycoses Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff, Arizona; 8-11 June 1994 The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is sponsoring a workshop focusing on fundamental investigation as it relates to the diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections. The NIAID recognizes the growing importance of medical mycology and opportunities provided by recent advances in molecular biology and immunology. This workshop will offer examples of how new tools may enable improvements in the recognition and management of patients. The workshop is co-chaired by John Galgiani and Michael Pfaller. Format ------ There will be two sessions each day. Session topics have been chosen as examples of original approaches rather than as comprehensive review. Participant interaction will be facilitated by discussions in small working groups on each of the first two days. Workshop attendees may offer topics of their own to expand the program. These would be shown as poster presentations, or in a few selected cases, as oral presentations in one of the sessions listed below. Costs ----- Dormitory rooms have been reserved on the Northern Arizona University campus. Limited travel support should be available. In order to be considered for support, eligibility for NIH National Research Service Awards for Individual Research Fellows (F32) is required. Registration fee: $75 (nonrefundable) Room and meals: $132 per person (3 days, 3 nights) $176 per person (3 days, 4 nights) Registration Information ------------------------ Enrollment will be limited. Registration deadline: May 10, 1994. For registration information contact: Office of Continuing Medical Education Arizona Health Sciences Center Tucson, Arizona 85724 (Phone) 602-626-7832 or, 1-800-328-5868 (Fax) 602-626-2427 Workshop Schedule ----------------- Molecular and Immunologic Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Systemic Mycoses Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff, Arizona; 8-11 June 1994 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 Arrival and Registration; Mixer THURSDAY, JUNE 9 Opening Lecture: Status and Limitation of Diagnosis and Therapy of Fungal Infections William Dismukes Scientific Sessions: Targets for Inhibiting Proliferation or Virulence William Timberlake - Moderator Christophe D'Enfert William Fonzi Diagnosis by Detection of Metabolic Products, Antigens, or Antibodies Brian Wong - Moderator Tom Kozel Bruce Kline FRIDAY, JUNE 10 Molecular Approaches to New Diagnostic Test Development Russell Enns - Moderator John Taylor Mahmoud Ghannoum Ted White John Galgiani Biologic Response Modifiers for Therapy John Edwards - Moderator Stu Levitz Richard Locksley SATURDAY, JUNE 11 Drug Discovery Richard Hector - Moderator Paul Lartey Myra Kurtz Panel Discussion Private, Public, and Academic Partnerships From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Mar 10 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Path: biosci!daresbury!keele!uknet!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!gumby!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!NoFC.Forestry.CA!medusa!davidip From: davidip@mdo.nofc.forestry.ca (David Ip) Subject: Request for Myconet Listserv address Message-ID: Keywords: myconet subscription request Sender: usenet@NoFC.Forestry.CA (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: medusa.mdo.nofc.forestry.ca Reply-To: davidip@mdo.nofc.forestry.ca Organization: MDO, Northern Forestry Center, Northwest Region, Forestry Canada Date: Tue, 8 Mar 1994 15:51:46 GMT Lines: 8 Would someone kindly post or send me the Listserv address for subscribing to Myconet, the existence of which I have just learned. TIA. David Ip Canadian Forest Service Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada davidip@mdo.nofc.forestry.ca From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Mar 13 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!bcm!usenet From: gsmay@bcm.tmc.edu (Gregory May) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Request for email address. Date: 14 Mar 1994 18:42:06 GMT Organization: Baylor College of Medicine Lines: 8 Message-ID: <2m2b5u$bf1@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ai.cellb.bcm.tmc.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN version 0.82 I am in need of an email address for Dr. Pierre de Wit at the Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands. If anyone knows this information I would be greatful if you could email it to me. Thanks in advance, Gregory May gsmay@bcm.tmc.edu From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Mar 15 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!VENUS.TAMU.EDU!bam1587 From: bam1587@VENUS.TAMU.EDU (Bruce McDonald) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Graduate Student Assistantships Date: 16 Mar 1994 15:13:04 -0000 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 32 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <199403161513.HAA17007@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PROGRAM FOR BIOLOGY OF FILAMENTOUS FUNGI AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY The Program for Biology of Filamentous Fungi has five graduate student stipends available each year for qualified US citizens through a NSF training grant. The purpose of this grant is to provide first-year support to students interested in any aspect of fungal biology. Student support for the first year includes $14,000 for a stipend and additional support to cover full tuition costs and medical benefits. Students may receive the Ph.D. degree in Plant Pathology, Biology or Genetics. As part of the Program for Biology of Filamentous Fungi at Texas A&M University, students will be associated with one of the largest groups of fungal biologists at a North American university. Literature on the Program will be sent upon request. Assistantships are available for the Fall, 1994 semester. The Program will be glad to send additional information to interested students and faculty advisors. Please contact the Program via Internet (preferred), letter, phone, or FAX. Program for Biology of Filamentous Fungi c/o Bruce McDonald Dept. Plant Pathology and Microbiology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-2132 USA Internet: BAM1587@ZEUS.TAMU.EDU Bitnet: BAM1587@TAMZEUS Phone: 409-845-7311 FAX: 409-845-6483 From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Mar 15 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!usenet From: gsmay@bcm.tmc.edu (Gregory May) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Thanks to all. Date: 16 Mar 1994 20:05:05 GMT Organization: Baylor College of Medicine Lines: 5 Message-ID: <2m7oph$la0@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ai.cellb.bcm.tmc.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN version 0.82 Thanks to everyone that provided me with information to Dr. de Wit's email address. I now have it. Gregory May gsmay@bcm.tmc.edu From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Mar 17 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx10!anon015b From: anon015b@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Name withheld by request) Subject: Expert wanted Message-ID: <1994Mar18.010937.19170@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University of Denver for the Denver community. The University has neither control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users. Sender: usenet@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (netnews admin account) Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept. Distribution: usa Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 01:09:37 GMT Lines: 6 STATE OF ALASKA needs a mold expert. May involve travel/testimony. Contact- J. Ron Sutcliffe , Assistant Attorney General JSJRS1@acad1.alaska.edu From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Mar 17 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: SCHURENF Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: help Date: 18 Mar 1994 10:12:08 -0000 Organization: Department of Biology, RUGroningen Lines: 1 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2mbupo$hfu@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: mycology@dl.ac.uk How can I read messages from the mycology mail newsgroup? From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Mar 17 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!VM42.CSO.UIUC.EDU!FGSC%UKANVM.bitnet From: FGSC%UKANVM.bitnet@VM42.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Craig Wilson) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: FGSC Catalogue on line Date: 18 Mar 1994 15:10:34 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 36 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <199403182310.PAA16555@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net To Fungal Genetics People: There is now an on-line version of the Fungal Genetics Stock Center catalogue at a WWW server here at the University of Kansas. I do not yet have information on all of our stocks loaded in yet, but that should be done soon and in the meantime all single mutants, plasmids, gene libraries, wild type strains, and chromosome aberrations are listed. I hope many of you will take a look at the information, look for mistakes, and report back to me on what does and does not work. In future, we should be able to put things such as the Fungal Genetics Newsletter, abstracts from Fungal Genetics Meetings, etc. on this server. The URL for direct access is: http://ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/units/fgsc/main.html As alternatives, you can get to this via the WWW list of hosts, arranged by country. Skip down to Kansas, where there is a listing for University of Kansas KUfacts, Campus Wide Information Server, and another for the TISL lab at KU, which also contains a link to KUfacts. However you get to KUfacts, select 'Departmental Information' on the opening page, 'Medical Center Resource' on the next page, and 'Fungal Genetics Stock Center' on the third page. Another possible way to get to KUfacts is via a Gopher server maintained by t TISL. This Gopher is on the Univ of Minnesota list. Let me know if I have made mistakes in listing these paths, or if the FGSC data is not presented in a clear manner. Thanks for your help. Craig Wilson FGSC Dept of Microbiology Univ of kansas Medical Center Kansas City KS 66160-7420 USA fgsc@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Mar 20 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!MIRANDA.UMDS.AC.UK!fsymons From: fsymons@MIRANDA.UMDS.AC.UK (Fernley Symons) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: (none) Date: 21 Mar 1994 11:52:30 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 1 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <1896.9403211941@miranda.umds.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net unsubscribe From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Mar 20 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!apollo1.cacd.cr.rockwell.com!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!concert!bigblue.oit.unc.edu!sunSITE!london From: london@sunSITE.unc.edu (Larry London) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,bionet.general,sci.bio,sci.agriculture Subject: Compost spores and health. Date: 21 Mar 1994 20:18:10 GMT Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2mkve2$khr@bigblue.oit.unc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: calzone.oit.unc.edu Summary: Reply to: m1dorrin@attmail.com or sanet-mg@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu Xref: biosci bionet.mycology:383 bionet.general:8295 sci.bio:7623 From m1dorrin@attmail.com Mon Mar 21 14:58:13 1994 Date: 21 Mar 94 18:06:20 GMT From: Mike Dorrington To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: compost spores & health Can anyone answer below (forwarded) message? >We are looking for information on the possible health >effects of a mold spore-- Aspergillus fumigatus-- that is >associated with composting operations and can also be found >in the air and in buildings. A study by the New York state >Dept. of Health came out last week with information >suggesting that it was not the cause of respiratory or other >health problems around an Islip Long Island composting >facility. At the same time the study said composting >facilities should not be located near hospitals, in >particular, medical facilities with bone marrow transplant >operations. If you have any information on this subject, >please send me an e-mail message. Thanks! -- David Hess, >Executive Director, Pennsylvania Senate Environmental >Resources & Energy Committee. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Mar 21 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!128.194.15.2!leland From: leland@straylight.tamu.edu (Leland Ellis) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: WWW-FGSC Date: 22 Mar 1994 17:39:26 GMT Organization: W.M. Keck Center for Genome Informatics, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston Lines: 27 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: straylight.tamu.edu Three cheers for the WWW rendition of the FGSC catalog. However, I found it only after investigating via CERN where in Kansas it actually resides -- this URL works: http://kufacts.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/units/fgsc/main.html It is somewhat slow, especially as for each catagory it retrieves all entries, e.g., all of the mailing list, or all strains. This can be alleviated by breaking these large flat html files into small chunks, accessed from a menu page. Thanks Craig. Having a ready source of this info, and the ability w/ Mosaic to download ascii data, is a great help (we have done quite a bit from the FGSC catalog by scanning). Cheers, Leland -- Leland Ellis, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics Director, W.M. Keck Center for Genome Informatics Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University 2121 Holcombe Houston, Texas 77030 email: leland@straylight.tamu.edu URL: http://keck.tamu.edu/ibt.html From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Mar 21 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!arapaho!nathan From: nathan@cse.ucsc.edu (Nathan J. Wilson) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Agaricus bisporus/brunnescens found Date: 22 Mar 1994 23:16:28 GMT Organization: UC Santa Cruz CIS/CE Lines: 13 Message-ID: <2mnu8c$59j@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: arapaho.cse.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] A little while ago there were some notes about wild collections of the cultivated Agaricus species. A friend of mine has some 'wild' specimens coming up in his yard, so if the folks that were interested are still interested, please get in touch ASAP. You can reach me by phone at (408)423-3773. ------------------------- _________ Nathan Wilson <_________> nathan@cse.ucsc.edu _|_|_ It is no dream! Co-Science Advisor \___/ Matsutake are growing Minister of Local Forays | | On the belly of the mountain. Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz \_/ *83-- -Shigetaka From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Mar 21 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!bdemars From: bdemars@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Brent G DeMars) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,bionet.plants,sci.bio.ecology,sci.bio Subject: Antarctic fungus - looking for ID help & collaboration Date: 22 Mar 1994 22:29:27 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 13 Message-ID: <2mnrg7$pg3@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: beauty.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Xref: biosci bionet.mycology:385 bionet.plants:2870 sci.bio.ecology:2405 sci.bio:7646 I recently obtained about 100 soil samples from Palmer Peninsula. I'm primarily interested in culturing root fungi; however, I have been 'culturing' other types also. I am no mycologist and am looking for someone skilled in identifying fungi via fruiting bodies. As of date about 15 different types of fruiting bodies have developed in my cultures. I'd like to ID them and determine if there is anything new from these samples. If you're interested in seeing what I have, please write. Brent From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Mar 22 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.unb.ca!csd.unb.ca!UNBSJ.CA!c0hx From: c0hx@UNBSJ.CA (JASON K. DOBRANIC) Subject: Scale used to evaluate interference competition Message-ID: Sender: news@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca Organization: UNB Saint John Campus Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 00:54:49 GMT Lines: 34 I was wondering if any of you working on interference competition bioassays have a good scale for evaluating reaction types. I am so far aware of the following one using the index of antagonism: Points Reaction type A Mutual intermingling of the two organisms 0 B Mutual inhibition on contact; the space between the colonies 1 is small but clearly marked C Mutual inhibition at a distance 2 D Inhibition of one organism on contact; the antagonist 3 continues to grow, unchanged or at a reduced rate, through the colony of the inhibited organism. E Inhibition of one organism at a distance; the antagonist 4 continues to grow through the resulting clear zone at an unchanged or reduced rate. Index of Antagonism: IA = [n(A*0) + n(B*1) + n(C*2) + n(D*3) + n(E*4)] / the number of trials where n is the frequency of the reaction type. (After Wicklow et al, 1980; Strongman, 1986) Is there in your opinion a better way of evaluating this? Also for slow growing antagonists it seems difficult to choose between C and E. Thanks for any help! From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Mar 22 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!elspeth From: elspeth@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: morel mushrooms Message-ID: <1994Mar23.152133.60858@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 23 Mar 94 15:21:33 CST References: <2modii$b7a@news.u.washington.edu> Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 25 In article <2modii$b7a@news.u.washington.edu>, kcarroll@u.washington.edu (Kris Carroll) writes: > In article jdewitt@lehman.com (Joel DeWitt) > writes: >> Is it possible to culture Morels, or all those Morels out there picked > in the wild? >> Thanks in advance for your woodland intelligence on this. > > Fungi Perfecti, PO Box 7634, Olympia WA 98507 > sells giant morel spores, books and kits. > Catalogue says inoculations should occur between May and Jan for crops the > following Spring. > see stump removal thread for phone #s > Kris Carroll This thread came up on rec.gardens. Anybody here know if it's possible to grow morels (and get them to fruit)? Is it a good idea to buy spores (of this or other species)? Anybody heard of the company? Crosspost any comments to rec.gardens, please. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- internet: elspeth@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu * SnailNet: Elizabeth B. Naime bitnet: elspeth@ukanvm.bitnet * German Department * University of Kansas * Standard Disclaimers Apply * * Lawrence, KS 66045-2127 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Open mouth. Insert foot. Echo internationally. ---- From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Mar 22 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!BULL.CC.USM.EDU!GLEN_SHEARER From: GLEN_SHEARER@BULL.CC.USM.EDU (GLEN SHEARER) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: G6PDH Date: 23 Mar 1994 09:24:14 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 10 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <940323.11242060.035379@USM.CP6> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I've heard that Neurospora mutants with a lesion in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase have altered morphology and are more "yeast like". Also interesting is that G6PDH mutants of Saccharomyces are deficient in sulfite reductase. Anyone know more about this? Glen S. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Mar 22 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!CMGM.STANFORD.EDU!springer From: springer@CMGM.STANFORD.EDU (Matt Springer) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Neurospora G6PDH Date: 23 Mar 1994 15:57:27 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 14 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <199403232357.PAA08623@cmgm.stanford.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net With regards to Glen Shearer's inquiry about glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mutants, the N. crassa mutants frost (fr), balloon (bal), and colonial-2 (col-2), none of which are necessarily G6PDH lesions, are all nonetheless defficient in G6PDH. To the naked eye, these mutants might appear to be more "yeast-like" in that they grow in dinstinct colonies, rather than exhibiting the usual spreading growth. However, on the microscopic level, the fr mutant does not conidiate by budding, favoring a twisted, gnarled branching that makes it resemble coral when observed by SEM. On this level, then, it is even LESS yeast-like than the wild-type. I don't know what the other two mutants look like at the microscopic level. -Matt Springer (springer@cmgm.stanford.edu) From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Mar 23 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!EU.net!ub4b!info-sparc1.info.ucl.ac.be!NewsWatcher!user From: Moulliard@mbla.ucl.ac.be (Moulliard) Subject: MUCL Centenary 1894-1994 Message-ID: Followup-To: bionet.mycology Sender: news@info.ucl.ac.be (News Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: 130.104.82.1 Organization: MUCL Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 12:23:27 +0100 Lines: 219 ************************************************* JUNE 29, 1994 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, BELGIUM 1894-1994 MYCOTHEQUE DE L'UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN MUCL CENTENARY "FUNGAL TAXONOMY AND TROPICAL MYCOLOGY: QUO VADIS ?" ************************************************* INVITATION Professor P. Macq, Rector of the UniversitŽ Catholique de Louvain, the UCL Mycothque, the UCL Laboratory of Systematic and Applied Mycology and the Coordinator of the Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms (BCCM) have the pleasure of inviting you to celebrate, the 100th Anniversary of MUCL on Wednesday, June 29th, 1994. On this occasion, an international workshop will be held on "FUNGAL TAXONOMY AND TROPICAL MYCOLOGY: QUO VADIS ?" Modern taxonomy, including mycotaxonomy, relies in an increasing degree on new molecular approaches. As such, one can observe that the traditional morphotaxonomic approach is more and more complemented - or sometimes even substituted - by chemotaxonomic methods or genome-based analyses. Questioning the (added) value and mutual complementarity of all available tools - both classical and modern - is essential to be able to handle the systematic classification problem in an integrated and effective way. On the other hand, the greater part of the fungal biodiversity has still to be discovered and described especially in the tropical regions. As these are mainly situated in developing countries, one has to discuss - in the spirit of the Rio de Janeiro earth summit - key topics such as training, technology transfer and the set-up of local 'ex situ' collections. During such an exercise, special attention has to be given to taxonomic and preservation methods that are not only effective but also widely applicable, user-friendly and robust. ************************************************* PROGRAMME June 29th, 1994 1894-1994 MUCL Centenary 9:00 to 12:00 am: Centenary celebration H. Naveau, UCL Opening lecture. P. Macq, Rector, UCL G.L. Hennebert, UCL Mycothque de l'UniversitŽ Catholique de Louvain (MUCL): 100 Years of existence and activity of the fungus culture collection. Guest speakers: D. Hawksworth, IMI, U.K. Fungal genetic resource collections and biodiversity. D. van der Mei, CBS, MINE, Netherlands The fungus culture collections in Europe. J. De Brabandere, BCCM, Belgium The Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms. 12:00 to 1:30 pm: Buffet of Belgian specialties 1:30 to 6:00 pm: Workshop (provisional titles) Introduction: G.L. Hennebert, UCL Fungal taxonomy and tropical mycology: Quo vadis ? Guest speakers: C.P. Kurtzman, NRRL, USA Molecular taxonomy in the yeast fungi: present and future. M. Blackwell, Louisiana State University, USA Phylogeny of filamentous fungi deduced from analysis of molecular characters: present and future. J. Rammeloo, National Botanical Garden, Belgium Importance of morphological and anatomical characters in fungal taxonomy. M.F. Roquebert, Natural History Museum, France Possible progress of modern morphological analysis in fungal taxonomy. A.J. Masuka, Forest Research Center, Zimbabwe Mycofloristic studies in South Central Africa: status, constraints, opportunities and strategies. A. Peerally, University of Mauritius, Mauritius Strategies for the development of tropical mycology. E.J. Da Silva, MIRCEN, UNESCO, France The role of the Microbiological Resources Centers (MIRCEN) in the development of mycology in the tropics. Discussion and conclusions. Evening: Anniversary Banquet June 30th & July 1st, 1994 ECCO XIII & MINE: annual meetings only for ECCO and MINE members. ************************************************* CALL FOR POSTERS Topics concerning the workshop are welcome. Authors are kindly requested to send the title and an abstract of their poster before May 1st, 1994. ************************************************* FEES Registration for Centenary celebration and workshop are without charge. Booking for the accommodation and banquet has to be paid. The fee for the Anniversary banquet is 1.800 BEF (US$ 50). ************************************************* TRANSPORTATION By air All airlines provide air service to the International Brussels Airport in Zaventem, about 30 km from Louvain-la-Neuve. A shuttle between the Airport and Louvain-la-Neuve will be organized on Tuesday, June 28th, 1994 for participants. By train Inter-City trains operate every 30 min. from Brussels North, Central and Midi Stations to Ottignies (direction Namur). At Ottignies, there is a train to Louvain-la-Neuve. By road Participants arriving by road should take the E-411 motorway Bruxelles- Namur-Luxembourg and exit at n¡ 7 (coming from Brussels) or exit at n¡ 9 (coming from Namur). ************************************************ SOCIAL EVENTS On Wednesday afternoon, June 29th, 1994, you will be able to visit the MUCL Fungus Culture Collection and the exhibit hall. The Anniversary Banquet on Wednesday evening, June 29th, will be held at the Villers-la-Ville Abbey Farm. ************************************************* TOURIST ATTRACTIONS All major Belgian tourist cities (Brussels, Namur, Lige, Bruges, Ghent, ...) are easily accessible by train or car from Louvain-la-Neuve. Information can be obtained at the railway station in Louvain-la-Neuve or at MUCL. Reduced prices are offered for group and/or one-day trips. ************************************************* SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITIONS Parallel to the workshop, scientifics posters will be exposed. Several companies will present laboratory equipments and products in the field of microbiology on Wednesday, June 29th, 1994. ************************************************* TRANSPORTATION TO PRAGUE Bruxelles-Prague-Bruxelles: * By flight, twice a day, more or less 13.000 BEF (PEX rate for a stay including one Saturday-Sunday night). * By night coach (Europabus, Bohemian Express), more or less 4.000 BEF. Please let us know what transportation you choose. We are ready to help you to book. ************************************************* ORGANIZING COMMITTEE G.L. Hennebert, J. Decallonne (UCL) J. De Brabandere (SPPS-BCCM) P. Charue, C. Decock, P. Evrard, N. Jamin, P. Massart, C. Moulliard, L. NŽlissen, S. Vanhulle (UCL-MUCL) In collaboration with REUL - Service des Relations ExtŽrieures (UCL) For a registration program CALL, FAX, E-mail or WRITE to Prof. Dr. G.L. Hennebert MUCL 100 Years 1894-1994 Mycothque de l'UniversitŽ Catholique de Louvain 3 Place Croix du Sud B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium Tel. + 32-(0)10-473742 Fax: + 32-(0)10-451501 E-Mail: Moulliard@mbla.ucl.ac.be ************************************************* From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Mar 23 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!cornell!uw-beaver!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!microb3.biostat.washington.edu!user From: gosink@u.washington.edu (John Gosink) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: morel mushrooms Followup-To: bionet.mycology Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 16:36:02 -0800 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <2modii$b7a@news.u.washington.edu> <1994Mar23.152133.60858@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: microb3.biostat.washington.edu Greetings. I have dealt with Fungi Perfecti. They are very reputable, and extremely attentive to customer concerns. They are also quite prompt. I have not tried their outdoor morel kit, but have tried their indoor oyster, shiitake, hericium, and nameko kits. My first nameko kit didn't fruit. After calling FP, they replaced it free of charge. I strongly recommend them as a company to do business with, and I think you will be satisfied. Morels, of course are tricky, and I have no experience with their morel kit. Matthew Stoecker (yes, I know a different name appears, but this is the real me) From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Mar 23 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Path: biosci!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!cs.utk.edu!stc06r.CTD.ORNL.GOV!ornl!mars!matis From: matis@mars.epm.ornl.gov (Sherri Matis) Subject: Re: morel mushrooms Message-ID: <1994Mar24.150534.1507@ornl.gov> Sender: usenet@ornl.gov (News poster) Reply-To: matis@mars.epm.ornl.gov Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab/CESAR References: Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 15:05:34 GMT Lines: 12 Hi guys, Could someone please post the phone # for Fungi Perfecti I can't get to rec.gardens from this site. BTW does anyone know when morels fruit in east Tenn. The weather here is about a month ahead of Penn. and the season in Pa. for M. esculenta begins in may. Sherri From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Mar 23 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!news.cs.umb.edu!ctc.com!news.pop.psu.edu!news.cac.psu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!arapaho!nathan From: nathan@cse.ucsc.edu (Nathan J. Wilson) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,rec.gardens Subject: Re: morel mushrooms Date: 24 Mar 1994 16:49:08 GMT Organization: UC Santa Cruz CIS/CE Lines: 26 Message-ID: <2msga4$2au@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> References: <2modii$b7a@news.u.washington.edu> <1994Mar23.152133.60858@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: arapaho.cse.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: biosci bionet.mycology:394 rec.gardens:17578 I just recently read the section on morels in Stamet's (of Fungi Perfecti) new book "Growing Gormet and Medicinal Mushrooms" and here's the scoop. From a growing point of view there are two important types of morels, yellow morels (M. esculenta I think) and black morels (M. elata etc.). Only the people at Morel Mountain (a private morel growing house) have been able to successfully and reliably grow yellow morels. They have a patent on the process, but no one has been able to reproduce the process (bringing into question the validity of their patent). Black morels, on the other hand, have had more success in general. However, it is still a toin toss whether a particular culture will actually fruit. As I remember you can get cultures from Fungi Perfecti which you then plant somewhere outside. You then sit back, try to relax and hope that nature will take its course. I have no idea if they guarantee fruitings as they do with their wood rotters, but I would have to guess not. As I mentioned, all this info is available in Stamets new book which is an absolute "must have" for anyone serious about growing mushrooms. Note this is not the same book as his previous book "The Mushroom Cultivator". ------------------------- _________ Nathan Wilson <_________> nathan@cse.ucsc.edu _|_|_ It is no dream! Co-Science Advisor \___/ Matsutake are growing Minister of Local Forays | | On the belly of the mountain. Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz \_/ *83-- -Shigetaka From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Mar 24 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!trane.uninett.no!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!embl-heidelberg.de!sensen From: sensen@embl-heidelberg.de Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: ISEP-10 Message-ID: <1994Mar24.225617.170913@eros.embl-heidelberg.de> Date: 24 Mar 94 22:56:17 +0100 Organization: European Molecular Biology Laboratory Lines: 71 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I S E P - 1 0 Tenth biennial meeting International Society for Evolutionary Protistology 4-10 August 1994 Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Registration deadline: 1 July 1994 On-campus accommodations deadline: 4 July 1994 The ISEP-10 Second (Final) Circular, with detailed information on registration, housing and the scientific programme, is now being mailed to all members of ISEP, and to everyone who replied to our earlier publicity. The ISEP-10 Secretariat will be pleased to send a copy of the Second Circular to others upon request. Special minisymposia, workshops and lectures at ISEP-10 will include: Aquatic parasitic and pathogenic protists (4 August) Keynote lecture: John O. Corliss (5 August) The cytoskeleton in protist evolution: a molecular perspective (5 Aug) President's address: Michael Melkonian (8 August) Protein sequences as markers in protist evolution (9 August) Evolution of unusual molecular processes in protists (10 August) The origin of sex (10 August) As well, contributed papers and posters will cover diverse topics including the origin of the eukaryotic cell, the protistan fossil record, mitosis, new and unusual protists, and phylogenetic methods. Confirmed speakers include D. Bhattacharya, E.U. Canning, T. Cavalier- Smith, A. Cembella, W.F. Doolittle, J. Feagin, L.J. Goff, M.W. Gray, R.B. Hallick, D. Hickey, L. Hurst, M.L. Kent, L.F. Landweber, J. Lom, L. Margulis, W. Martin, D. Maslov, D.I. Meyer, P.A.M. Michels, C.A. Morrison, S. McGladdery, M. Mueller, J. Pawlowski, F.O. Perkins, D.M. Prescott, R.J. Redfield, A. Roger, J.W. Schopf, C. Silflow, J. Steinkoetter, and C. Woestmann among many others. On-campus housing is available at a very reasonable rate. An opening buffet/mixer will be held at the oceanfront Saraguay Club on the evening of 4 August. The conference banquet will be held at the Halifax Sheraton, overlooking the historic downtown waterfront, on the evening of 8 August. Touristic and scientific excursions are planned for Sunday, 7 August. The extremely popular International Buskers Festival will be held throughout downtown Halifax from 4-14 August. The final day of ISEP-10 (Wednesday, 10 August) also be the first day of the 1994 meeting of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research's Program in Evolutionary Biology. Both groups will meet together. ISEP is a small but intellectually vigorous interdisciplinary soceity bringing together all scientists interested in evolution and phylogeny of the organisms traditionally known as protozoa, algae and fungi. Non- members are encouraged to attend and participate. For further information, contact the ISEP-10 Secretariat at: fax: 902-426-9413 e-mail: mark@imb.Lan.nrc.ca snail mail: ISEP-10 Secretariat NRC Institute for Marine Biosciences 1411 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia CANADA B3H 3Z1 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Mar 24 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Path: biosci!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!col.hp.com!fc.hp.com!rxs From: rxs@news.fc.hp.com (Lee Snider) Subject: Colorado Mycological Society Sender: news@fc.hp.com (news daemon) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 02:16:40 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: hpfire0.fc.hp.com Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1.4] Lines: 11 Greetings everyone, I just joined the Colorado M. S. and was wondering if anyone else out there has. I sent the dues but haven't received the info they said they would send. I need to know when and where the meetings are held. Thanks, Lee Snider From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Mar 24 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Path: biosci!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsserver.sfu.ca!sfu.ca!rosen From: rosen@fraser.sfu.ca (Wilf Rosenbaum) Subject: Medicinal Properties of Mushrooms Message-ID: Sender: news@sfu.ca (seymour news) Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 16:45:05 GMT Lines: 14 Hi, I am looking for evidence substantiating some claims I have heard suggesting that some forms of mushrooms may provide some protection against various forms of cancer or other diseases. I have done a search on Medline but that revealed only a few studies that showed increased incidence of cancer among rats whose diets contained high proportion of raw mushrooms. There was no indication of any study which showed any protective effects. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading this far. Wilf Rosenbaum rosen@sfu.ca From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Mar 24 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,rec.gardens Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!olivea!apple.com!ntg!mboom From: mboom@ntg.com (Mike Boom) Subject: Re: morel mushrooms Message-ID: <1994Mar25.182233.9354@ntg.com> Organization: New Technologies Group, Inc. Palo Alto CA References: <1994Mar23.152133.60858@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <2msga4$2au@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 18:22:33 GMT Lines: 12 Xref: biosci bionet.mycology:398 rec.gardens:17657 Nathan Wilson writes: >Only the people at Morel Mountain (a private morel >growing house) have been able to successfully and reliably grow yellow >morels. Does anyone out there know anything more about Morel Mountain, the source of their patent, and their intentions for morel cultivation? Stamets' book lists their location in Mason, MI, phone #(617) 676-6373. Any Michiganders out there have an inkling about these guys? Mike Boom A tall guy looking low for fungus (let the others look high!) From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Mar 25 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!waite.adelaide.edu.au!pmurphy2 From: pmurphy2@waite.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Murphy) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: unsubcribe Date: 25 Mar 1994 17:51:27 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 1 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <9403260152.AA20048@schooner.waite.adelaide.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net unsubscribe From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Mar 25 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!todell From: todell@u.washington.edu (Thomas O'Dell) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Medicinal Properties of Mushrooms Date: 25 Mar 1994 20:48:00 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 1 Message-ID: <2mvim0$m6m@news.u.washington.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Mar 27 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.unb.ca!csd.unb.ca!UNBSJ.CA!c0hx From: c0hx@UNBSJ.CA (JASON K. DOBRANIC) Subject: Contaminated cultures? Message-ID: Sender: news@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca Organization: UNB Saint John Campus Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 22:57:49 GMT Lines: 4 Hi all, I was wondering what the best method was to get a slow growing fungus which has been contaminated with a fast growing fungus on an agar plate separated. Thanks. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Mar 27 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!ABELLO.SECI.UCHILE.CL!cmartine From: cmartine@ABELLO.SECI.UCHILE.CL Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: (none) Date: 28 Mar 1994 13:22:25 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 13 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: Reply-To: cmartine@abello.seci.uchile.cl NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi, I am in need an e-mail address for Dr. Eric A. Johnson, professor, food microbiology/toxicology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. If anyone knows this information I would be greatful if you could e-mail if to me. Thanks, Claudio Martinez F. Universidad de Chile. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Mar 28 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.ans.net!hp81.prod.aol.net!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: mklingler@aol.com (MKlingler) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Contaminated cultures? Date: 28 Mar 1994 21:20:08 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <2n838o$rbr@search01.news.aol.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article , c0hx@UNBSJ.CA (JASON K. DOBRANIC) writes: Hi, Jason! What you need to do is to find out what growth conditions favor your slow fungus. Look at temperature, nutrients, sometimes even specific antibiotics. The spores can make these things hard to separate. You just have to try things and figure out what works for this particular fungus. Good luck From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Mar 28 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca!herman.cs.uoguelph.ca!jdoherty From: jdoherty@uoguelph.ca (John Doherty) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: RFD: sci.bio.mycorrhizae Date: 29 Mar 1994 14:49:04 GMT Organization: University of Guelph Lines: 11 Message-ID: <2n9f50$7aa@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: herman.cs.uoguelph.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Summary: Keywords: This is an official reqest for discussion on the formation of a new newsgroup to be tentatively called sci.bio.mycorrhizae. It would deal with all aspects of mycorrhizal relationships and would be intended to facilitate information exchange between researchers and other interested parties. Please post any comments to this thread and/or news.announce.newgroups. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Mar 28 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!daresbury!not-for-mail From: SCHURENF Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: use of phleomycin in transformation Date: 29 Mar 1994 14:22:52 +0100 Organization: Department of Biology, RUGroningen Lines: 15 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2n9a3c$ohf@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: mycology@dl.ac.uk I'm working with the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune and we are using the phleomycin (bleomycin) resistance system for transformation. If we use 0.5 M MgSO4 as osmotic stabiliser during regeneration of the protoplasts we obtain 1000-5000 times as many transformants compared to using 1M sorbitol. This is not caused by differences in regeneration efficiency and also not by obtaining false positives. However, if we try the same procedure for other basidiomycetes we do seem to obtain false positives. Who recognizes this from his/her own work or has any idea how MgSo4 interacts with phleomycin? Frank Schuren Dept. Plant Biology University of Groningen The Netherlands e-mail: schurenf@biol.rug.nl From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Mar 28 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!myconet.org!christian.smith From: christian.smith@myconet.org Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: TECH UPDATE Date: 29 Mar 1994 12:41:15 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 10 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <9403291153.A2133wk@myconet.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net It would be very convenient if we were able to exchange a few basidiospores now and then across the Internet. Not a large number, I don't want to monopolize band width (heaven forbid!), but just a few so that we can exchange breeding material. Maybe some of those with a molecular orientation can let me know what might be a reasonable projected start date for such an exchange program. Also, I'd be interested in how one might categorize an exchange group of this type. Seems like something beyond a newsgroup. Christian From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Mar 28 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!hp81.prod.aol.net!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: meeske@aol.com (Meeske) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Mushroom prices Date: 29 Mar 1994 11:14:02 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 12 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <2n9k4a$887@search01.news.aol.com> References: <2gunn5$m5m@eis.calstate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <2gunn5$m5m@eis.calstate.edu>, cwisnia@eis.calstate.edu (Cory M Wisnia) writes: Staurt: I realize I am responding a little late to your request for wild harvested mushroom prices, but I have only recently gotten internet access. I have historical pricing information for most wild harvested msuhrooms in the PNW going back a few years, if you still need it. Please reply, and I will send it to you directly. The market for wild harvested mushrooms is inefficient, because the crops vary dramatically season to seaon and location to location, and because the market is small. Prices fluctuate wildly, and are not uniform world wide. The whole subject of wild harvested mushroom economics could be a masters thesis. I would love to know how your research was accepted at school. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Mar 30 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!NCCCOT2.AGR.CA!BISSETTJ From: BISSETTJ@NCCCOT2.AGR.CA (John Bissett) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Permeant vital stains for yeasts Date: 31 Mar 1994 13:58:11 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 17 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <01HAMMGE7PIQ005655@GW.AGR.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net An industry client has an urgent need of a permeant vital stain for Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other yeasts. Their automated imaging system cannot reliably distinguish yeasts on grid membrane filters from dust and other autofluorescing contaminants. The stain should not be toxic to yeasts. A fluorescent brightener should have an emission range other than 415-505 nm, the range of autofluorescence in this application. Has anyone knowledge of vital stains/optical brighteners for this application - or another solution? Please address replies to: BISSETTJ@NCCCOT2.AGR.CA Thanks John Bissett From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Mar 30 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: "L.J.L.D." Van Griensven Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Compost spores and health. Date: 30 Mar 1994 17:29:14 +0100 Lines: 40 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2nc9cq$en9@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-Received: by NeXT Mailer (1.95) PP-warning: Illegal Received field on preceding line Original-To: london@SunSite.unc.edu (Larry London), mycology@dl.ac.uk Compost spores and Health For those interested in possible health effects of mold spores associated with composting operations and present in air: We have done a study of the etiology of mushroom worker's lung with the following results. The spores of the thermophilic actinomycetes Excellospora flexuosa, Thermomonospora alba, T. curvata and T. fusca were collected from the air in compost-fermentation tunnels during the spawning of mushroom compost. They were found present at over 10 power 9 CFU per cubic meter of air. ( This is 10 times higher than needed for pathogenesis) Aspergillus, Aureobasidium, Cladosporium, Penicillium and Scytalidium were found at only 10 power 3 spores per cubic meter of air. Sera of 10 mushroom growers with MWL were all found positive for one or more of the 4 actinomycetes by dot ELISA against spore antigens. No antibodies were found against Streptomyces vulgaris, Thermoactinomyces vulgaris, T. sacchari and Trichoderma viride. Sera of 11 of 14 workers engaged in handling Phase 2 compost reacted positively with 1 or more of the actinomyces. Their serum titers increased with the duration of employment. The sera of 19 non-exposed workers were negative. Results of inhalation provocation studies showed a causal relationship between spore exposition and disease. The study was published in Mycopathologia 122: 21-28 (1993). Mushroom compost is very much like any other compost and can therefore be considered as a model. Influence of spores coming from composting plants through the air to bone marrow transplant patients seems unlikely. Compost contains mostly thermophilic actinomycetes. After longer incubation at 45 C, thermophilic fungi will be found. A. fumigatus was never observed by us in mushroom compost. Tunnels contain 100 tons of compost. Simple calculation shows the unlikeliness of contamination by compost derived fungal spores through air. Besides, bone marrow patients are usually isolated in an environment, that is made free of the microorganisms that are abundantly available in the air of hospitals. Leo Van Griensven Mushroom Experimental Station, Horst, The Netherlands. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Mar 31 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Path: biosci!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!umn.edu!news From: brambl@graz.cbs.umn.edu (Robert Brambl) Subject: Re: Permeant vital stains for yeasts Message-ID: Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: graz.cbs.umn.edu Reply-To: brambl@molbio.cbs.umn.edu (Robert Brambl) Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities References: <01HAMMGE7PIQ005655@GW.AGR.CA> Distribution: bionet Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 16:42:18 GMT Lines: 33 In article <01HAMMGE7PIQ005655@GW.AGR.CA> BISSETTJ@NCCCOT2.AGR.CA (John Bissett) writes: > An industry client has an urgent need of a permeant vital > stain for Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other yeasts. Their > automated imaging system cannot reliably distinguish yeasts > on grid membrane filters from dust and other > autofluorescing contaminants. The stain should not be > toxic to yeasts. A fluorescent brightener should have an > emission range other than 415-505 nm, the range of > autofluorescence in this application. > > Has anyone knowledge of vital stains/optical brighteners > for this application - or another solution? > > Please address replies to: BISSETTJ@NCCCOT2.AGR.CA > > Thanks > > John Bissett An excellent source for a large variety of dyes is a company called Molecular Probes (Eugene, Oregon). A group of dyes you should consider are the potentiometric cyanine dyes, some of which report the energization of the mitochondrial membrane and which are easily measured with fluorescence microscopy. Others may report pH of the cytosol. One of these which works really well for fungi is DiOC7(3), the full name of which either Molecular Probes or I can provide, if necessary. If autofluorescence remains a problem with your measurements, this could be subtracted by treatment of the yeast cell samples with CCCP or DCCD. Hope this helps. R. Brambl